He continued: “I’m mortified that a small handful of you got that impression. Apologies if anyone was offended. I was referring to an earlier case study we didn’t actually touch on and have been very misinterpreted.”

Katie Russell from the charity Rape Crisis previously said of Rylan’s controversial remarks: “There is no ‘two ways’ with sexual violence. The responsibility always falls with the perpetrator. What the phrase implies is that if someone is sexually assaulted while drunk that they have some responsibility, and that is categorically, legally and morally incorrect.”